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Talon

A talon is a claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey. It is usually the sharp claw of a bird of prey, such as the eagle, a hawk, a falcon, owl, or a buzzard. It may also refer to:

Places: Talon, Nièvre, a commune in the Nièvre département in France
Talon (Smallville), a fictional coffee shop in the TV series Smallville

Products: Brass eagle paintball marker called "talon"
Lacrosse material manufacturer called Talon Lacrosse
People: Durwin Talon, an illustrator and professor of new media
Jean Talon, the first intendant of New France
Music: Talons by Bloc Party
Fictional characters: the stage name of professional wrestler Talon Thorne
Talon (Static Shock), a character in the Static Shock animated series
Talon, a character in The Legend of Zelda series
The mascot of the Major League Soccer team D.C. United
a character from Prey (video game)
a character from Primal Rage
the codename of X-23, a Marvel Comics character
Talon (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
Talon (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics superhero from the Guardians of the Galaxy future
Achille Talon, comic book series and character
Talon Karrde, a character in the Star Wars universe
Talon, also known as Talon of the Silver Sawk, a character featured in Raymond E. Feist's Conclave of Shadows trilogy
Objects: the Eagle Talon, an automobile produced by the Eagle division of Chrysler
the T-38 Talon, a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots
the Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talon, a variant of the C-130 aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force
Foster-Miller TALON, a US military unmanned ground vehicle
Talon light fighter, a fictional starfighter in Wing Commander
F/A-37 Talon, a fictional advanced fighter aircraft in the 2005 film Stealth (film)
Talon (roller coaster), an inverted roller coaster

Other: Tulsa Talons, Tulsa Oklahoma's arena football team
TalonSoft, a computer game developer
Talon Zipper, US zipper company
in some card games, the remainder of a deck of cards stacked on the table after the deal
a well-known brand name for the poison brodifacoum
TALON (database), maintained by the US Air Force
Ogee, a shape used in woodworking
The symbol of the 3rd Battalion of the 82nd Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division (United States)

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Talon" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, French, Dutch, Tagalog.

Translation in Russian: Талон.


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